Questioning Underlying Assumptions of Ethical Practices and Regulations in Co-Research with Children and Young People

Involving children and young people as research participants has been testing for our ethical institutions and regulations; to involve children in further and other roles, such as co-researchers and child-led researchers, has raised additional and even more testing issues. This presentation will explore challenging ethical dilemmas in our research experiences within the International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership (ICCRP), which involves academic teams, organisations and children and young people in numerous countries around the world. In particular, we will share dilemmas on payment for children and young people who are ICCRP advisers as well as navigating multiple ethical committees across countries. These reflect on the key concepts for this session – decolonisation and epistemic justice – raising questions about the underlying assumptions of our ethical practices and regulations.